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Oct. 14, 2013
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by USA TODAY

by USA TODAY

Most of the federal employees I know could make more money working in the private sector. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, white-collar federal employees now make on average 35 percent less than employees in the private sector â?? up from a 26 percent gap last year. Time and again we are told that corporations must pay huge salaries to their officers in order to compete. Yet we continue to ask federal employees to do more for less pay and with fewer resources. READ THE REST...